Research
Paston Footprints developed out of an AHRC-funded 'Preserving Place' project (PI's Dr Karen Smyth, UEA, and Dr Andrew Power, Uni. of Southampton). Research was published on the social wellbeing benefits of heritage storytelling and community heritage projects. The impact of this research has resulted in innovations in multi-sector collaborations to preserve, interpret and experience Paston heritage, with over 60 organisations and hundreds of volunteers involved.​​​
Project Publications
2025, K. Smyth, A heritage trail bio-adaptation of Rebecca Paston’s Letters: Presence and process in conversation with Renaissance imitatio, Adaptation 18.3, 22pp.
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2023, K. Smyth, 'Life-records of the English Antiquarian John Fenn', Notes and Queries 70, 278-281.
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2022, H. Maples, 'Touching Past Lives: The Limits of Evaluating Immersive Heritage Performance Audiences', Impacting Theatre Audiences, eds., D. Snyder-Young and M. Omasta, 2022, 14pp.
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2022, R. Knee and K. Smyth, Paston Footprints, Norwich: Starfish. 21pp.
2022, M. Champion. 'Josiah Boydell's View of Paston Hall, Norfolk: new interpretations', Norfolk Archaeology 1.
2021, H. Maples (author, producer) and K. Smyth (dramaturg), 6 Paston Drama Heritage Trail Podcasts, www.pastonfootprints.co.uk
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2020, R. Knee, 'The Paston Footprints Project: A focus on the potential of heraldry in bringing heritage to life', The Heraldry Gazette, n.s. 156, pp. 4-6.
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2014-2020, The Paston Heritage Society Newsletter. Contains PHS research entries and creative interpretations. This Is Paston: The Paston Heritage Society Magazine
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2017, K. Smyth, A. Power, R. Martin, 'Culturally Mapping Legacies of Collaborative Heritage Projects', Valuing Interdisciplinary Collaborative Research: Beyond Impact, eds., K. Facer and K. Phal, Policy Press, pp. 191-214. (Research impact publication - relates to methodology used in the Paston Footprints project)
2016. A. Power, K. Smyth, 'Heritage, Health and Place: The Legacies of Local Community-Based Heritage Conservation on Social Wellbeing', Health and Place, 39, 160-169. (Research Impact publication.)
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Prior to the project, the founder of the Paston Heritage Society, Lucy Care, co-authored with Jack Earl, Exploring Paston Country, Poppyland Publishings, 2009.​​​​​
